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authorru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2003-05-29 21:41:11 +0000
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.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.\" Note: The date here should be updated whenever a non-trivial
-.\" change is made to the manual page.
.Dd April 7, 2003
.Dt LIBMAP.CONF 5
.Os
@@ -34,41 +32,44 @@
.Nd "configuration file for dynamic object dependency mapping"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
-.Em libmap
+.Nm libmap
functionality of
-.Nm ld-elf.so.1
+.Xr ld-elf.so.1 1
allows dynamic object dependencies to be mapped to arbitrary
names.
.Pp
-The configuration file consists of two whitespace separated columns; the
+The configuration file consists of two whitespace separated columns; the
left hand side containing the mapping candidate and the right hand
-side containing the mapping. Dependencies are matched against candidates
-and replaced with the mappings.
+side containing the mapping.
+Dependencies are matched against candidates and replaced with the mappings.
.Pp
Constrained mappings may be specified by enclosing the name of the
-executable or library in brackets. All mappings following a constraint
-will only be evaluated for that constraint. Currently, constraints
-are matched literally so that an executable with a fully qualified pathname
-will only match the same constraint. This means that
-.Em /usr/bin/foo
+executable or library in brackets.
+All mappings following a constraint will only be evaluated for that constraint.
+Currently, constraints
+are matched literally so that an executable with a fully qualified pathname
+will only match the same constraint.
+This means that
+.Pa /usr/bin/foo
will not match a constraint for
-.Em foo
+.Pa foo
and vise-versa.
.Pp
-WARNING! Constrained mappings must never appear first in the configuration
-file. While there is a way to specify the
+WARNING!
+Constrained mappings must never appear first in the configuration file.
+While there is a way to specify the
.Dq default
constraint, its use is not recommended.
.Pp
The most common use at the date of writing is for allowing multiple
-POSIX threading libraries to be used on a system without relinking or
+.Tn POSIX
+threading libraries to be used on a system without relinking or
changing symlinks.
.Pp
-In order to enable this feature please see
+In order to enable this feature please see
.Pa src/libexec/rtld-elf/Makefile .
.Sh EXAMPLE
.Bd -literal
-
# /etc/libmap.conf
#
# candidate mapping
@@ -98,14 +99,15 @@ libc_r.so libkse.so
The libmap configuration file.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr ldd 1 ,
.Xr rtld 1
-.Xr ldd 1
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
-manual page and libmap.conf functionality first appeared in
+manual page and
+.Nm libmap
+functionality first appeared in
.Fx 5.1 .
.Sh AUTHORS
-This
-manual page was written by
-.An Matthew N. Dodd <winter@jurai.net> .
+This manual page was written by
+.An Matthew N. Dodd Aq winter@jurai.net .
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